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• mm2004085137 abstract "Correspondence, diaries, minutes, notes, hymns, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, photograph albums, and other papers relating to the history of the American Colony and its members, particularly the Spafford, Vester, and Whiting families. Documents the events that led to the founding of this cooperative Christian community in the Holy Land; the lives and philanthropic work of American Colony members including the Anna Baby Home (later the Anna Spafford Baby Home, the Spafford Children's Hospital, and Spafford Children's Center) and other health care services; the secularization and shift toward incorporation of the religious commune; tourist services provided by the colony; and the conflict and split between American and Swedish members. Also documents life in Jerusalem and Palestine as part of the Ottoman Empire, the British mandate, Jordan, and Israel. Documents business interests including the American Colony Stores and Fr. Vester & Co. Subjects also include the trial in Chicago concerning Mary Whiting's custody of her two children, John D. Whiting and Ruth Whiting; Swedes emigrating to join the American Colony; the locust plague of 1915; antagonism of the U.S. consuls toward the colony; World War I in Palestine; the 1927 earthquake; and Jewish-Arab violence especially the Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Includes the papers of Anna T. Spafford, Horatio Gates Spafford, and Bertha Spafford Vester. Horatio Gates Spafford's papers include his handwritten lyrics to the hymn, It is well with my soul, written after a shipwreck that resulted in the death of his four daughters. Other individuals represented include Anna Grace Vester, Frederick Vester, Frieda Vester, Horatio Vester, John Vester, Louise Vester, Tanetta Vester, Valentine Vester, Grace Spafford Whiting, and John D. Whiting.".
• mm2004085137 accessRights "Restrictions apply.".
• mm2004085137 accrualMethod "Gift,".
• mm2004085137 alternative "American Colony in Jerusalem Collection in the Library of Congress.".
• mm2004085137 contributor B12953584.
• mm2004085137 contributor B12953585.
• mm2004085137 coverage "Israel History.".
• mm2004085137 coverage "Jerusalem History 19th century.".
• mm2004085137 coverage "Jerusalem History 20th century.".
• mm2004085137 coverage "Jordan History.".
• mm2004085137 coverage "Palestine History 19th century.".
• mm2004085137 coverage "Palestine History 20th century.".
• mm2004085137 coverage "Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.".
• mm2004085137 date "||||".
• mm2004085137 description "Audio-visual recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.".
• mm2004085137 description "Correspondence, diaries, minutes, notes, hymns, financial and legal records, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, photograph albums, and other papers relating to the history of the American Colony and its members, particularly the Spafford, Vester, and Whiting families. Documents the events that led to the founding of this cooperative Christian community in the Holy Land; the lives and philanthropic work of American Colony members including the Anna Baby Home (later the Anna Spafford Baby Home, the Spafford Children's Hospital, and Spafford Children's Center) and other health care services; the secularization and shift toward incorporation of the religious commune; tourist services provided by the colony; and the conflict and split between American and Swedish members. Also documents life in Jerusalem and Palestine as part of the Ottoman Empire, the British mandate, Jordan, and Israel.".
• mm2004085137 description "Documents business interests including the American Colony Stores and Fr. Vester & Co. Subjects also include the trial in Chicago concerning Mary Whiting's custody of her two children, John D. Whiting and Ruth Whiting; Swedes emigrating to join the American Colony; the locust plague of 1915; antagonism of the U.S. consuls toward the colony; World War I in Palestine; the 1927 earthquake; and Jewish-Arab violence especially the Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. Includes the papers of Anna T. Spafford, Horatio Gates Spafford, and Bertha Spafford Vester. Horatio Gates Spafford's papers include his handwritten lyrics to the hymn, It is well with my soul, written after a shipwreck that resulted in the death of his four daughters. Other individuals represented include Anna Grace Vester, Frederick Vester, Frieda Vester, Horatio Vester, John Vester, Louise Vester, Tanetta Vester, Valentine Vester, Grace Spafford Whiting, and John D. Whiting.".
• mm2004085137 description "Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010123".
• mm2004085137 description "Gift, Board of directors of the American Colony of Jerusalem, Ltd., 2004-2009.".
• mm2004085137 description "Religious community in Jerusalem founded by American emigré Christians, Horatio Gates Spafford and his wife, Anna T. Spafford, and perpetuated by their daughter, Bertha Spafford Vester, and others.".
• mm2004085137 description "Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.".
• mm2004085137 description "Some picture postcards transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.".
• mm2004085137 extent "16,600".
• mm2004085137 extent "37.6".
• mm2004085137 extent "64 18".
• mm2004085137 hasFormat "Selected material also available through the Library of Congress Web site.".
• mm2004085137 identifier collmss.ms000020.
• mm2004085137 identifier eadmss.ms010123.
• mm2004085137 identifier eadmss.ms010123.3.
• mm2004085137 isFormatOf "Selected material also available through the Library of Congress Web site.".
• mm2004085137 issued "||||".
• mm2004085137 language "Collection material chiefly in English, with Arabic, Hebrew, Swedish, and Turkish.".
• mm2004085137 language "eng ara heb swe tur".
• mm2004085137 language "eng".
• mm2004085137 relation "Selected material also available through the Library of Congress Web site.".
• mm2004085137 rights "Restrictions apply.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Atlantic Ocean.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Israel History.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Jerusalem History 19th century.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Jerusalem History 20th century.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Jerusalem.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Jordan History.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Middle East.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Palestine History 19th century.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Palestine History 20th century.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 spatial "Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.".
• mm2004085137 subject "American Colony Stores.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Americans Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Anna Baby Home.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Anna Spafford Baby Home.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Charities Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Christian communities Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Consuls Jerusalem.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Consuls Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Earthquakes Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Fr. Vester & Co.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Hymns.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Jewish-Arab relations.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Locusts Middle East.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Medical care Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Shipwrecks Atlantic Ocean.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Spafford Children's Center.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Spafford Children's Hospital.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Spafford family.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Swedes Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Tourism Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester family.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, Anna Grace.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, Frederick.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, Frieda.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, John.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, Louise.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, Tanetta.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Vester, Valentine.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Whiting family.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Whiting, Grace Spafford.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Whiting, Mary.".
• mm2004085137 subject "Whiting, Ruth.".
• mm2004085137 subject "World War, 1914-1918 Palestine.".
• mm2004085137 title "American Colony in Jerusalem collection, circa 1786-2007 (bulk 1870-1968).".
• mm2004085137 type "collection".